Ever so fleeting

I love these photos. I took them Tuesday night and I raced to the beach like a mad woman to make sure I didn't miss the sun before it disappeared beyond the trees.

Then I went home and wrote up my Lucky FABB post and was so exhausted after that, that I didn't download these photos off the camera.

Last night I went out to take photos, got to the beach, set up the tripod and for some reason - I have no idea what possessed me - I pressed the menu button on the camera. Saw that I didn't format the card last night, so I decided to do it.

The moment I said, yes I'm sure, delete contents of card, I realized I hadn't taken off the photos.

I had a little panic attack, immediately packed everything back up and went home.
Called my Brother.
He told me most memory cards come with free card recovery software you can download, but there is a catch, you need a number off the packaging. Obviously I threw that away years ago.

Thankfully my father came to the rescue and produced a SanDisk package. Once I jumped through all their hoops, gave them all my personal information and promised my first born, I was able to recover my photos.

Thank God. I love this outfit, and I adore these photos. The sunlight is only in this spot for a short time late in the summer, and I love being able to capture it.

(By the way, I skipped my usual processing - these are practically SOOC)

I'm glad that you understand that these pictures are more important than your first born child. ;) BECAUSE THEY'RE TOTALLY GORGEOUS. Seriously, the lighting is so pretty and the highlights are gorgeous and the color is lovely. You're amazing, Lyddie! <3

This reminds me of the Great Gatsby era for some reason. That hat and the garden of flowers behind you and the fact that you just look so cool and totally know you're cool, or something.

Heart skipped a beat... glad you got the pictures back.I love this skirt everytime you wear it.When I was in VA i went into a JCPenney looking for that skirt. Did not find it but walked out with a bunch of stuff from them.

oh wow, what a ride! these photos are so worth all the work you went through though, these are so gorgeous! the light is perfect, the background is beautiful, and you are looking fabulous as always! :D

Great photos, the light is beautiful. I'm intrigued though, do you format your memory card every time you use it? And if so is there a reason for that? I don't think I've ever formatted mine and they work fine but of course different cameras might have diff. requirements...